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      The reply to her letter of December 23, 1789, arrived from New York in early January. It was dated January 6, 1790, and signed by the newly elected President himself – George Washington.      Shortly after his inauguration on April 30, 1789, Washington had...

    The American Revolutionary War was a major turning point in American history. During this conflict, thirteen American colonies fought to gain independence from Great Britain – and they won. Although the war is generally described as a struggle between the...

       He had participated in the surrender of the British at the Battle of Saratoga on October 17, 1777, which tilted the scale for the Americans in their fight for independence and secured France’s support for their cause. He witnessed the first time in history that...

         In June 1731, London’s new Gentleman’s Magazine published a bizarre story detailing an incident that would embroil England and Spain in an extended war seven years later and determine the final border between the North American colony of Georgia and Spanish...

       News media headlines tend to emphasize conflict, controversy, and crisis. Why? Because negative stories attract more attention. They sell. As the old saying goes, “If it bleeds, it leads.” Even the weather gets a headline if it is about a blizzard, torrential...

        The story of the thirteen North American colonies rebelling against their "mother country," Great Britain, is deeply embedded in the American consciousness. Even many who struggle to recall the details of the nation's founding may be aware that French military...

    On July 2, 1776, the Second Continental Congress declared thirteen of Britain’s twenty-six North American colonies to be independent. Two days later, they provided the reasons for that separation in the Declaration of Independence. Each colony then drafted new...